Found August 31, 2009 on Lowetide:
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Despite what some will say, the Oilers don't often fast track their draft picks. In this decade, only Ales Hemsky (at age 19) and Sam Gagner (straight out of the draft) made the team before graduation day. The two elevations are positively minor compared to the mid-90's when players like Boyd Devereaux, Jason Bonsignore and Steve Kelly (along with Ryan Smyth) were fast tracked by the team's management. In fact, a simple way to look at the Oilers and fast tracking is this: if they&...

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